>Its a while since I posted but have been reading regularly.  What I am
>looking for is a clarification of the WHO code.  Today I received a
>professional nursing journal with a full page advertisement for a local
>brand of infant formula. It was posted to my home address. Where I live, in
>Australia, Australia is a signatory to the WHO code.

Marian, I suggest you report it to APMAIF (Advisory Panel on the
Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula). You can download a report
form in MS Word at the ABA website.
http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/advocacy/who.html

Contrary to what it says on the form, reports now need to be sent
directly to APMAIF:
The Secretary
APMAIF
Population Health Division
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
MDP 82
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2606
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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